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EDITORIAL by Prof. Rév. Ngoy Boliya, Recteur

UPC, a university at the service of society, has trained thousands of theologians, jurists, and economists, and is now also training medical doctors.

The Medical School, which opened in 2006, follows these objectives: "to train physicians and health professionals of high quality, possessing excellent intellectual, moral and spiritual qualities, capable of managing health services throughout the national territory and elsewhere and to promote the Christian virtues in the exercise of their profession; to become a center of reflection to find solutions to the problems of health of communities through applied and fundamental research; to provide quality health care through university clinics and other health institutions presently serving the population."

The distinctiveness of our School of Medicine is seen on two levels. First, with the courses of morals, Christian ethics and Protestantism, the health professionals who graduate from it will have moral and spiritual qualities which will lead them to promote Christian virtues in the exercise of their profession. Thus, having understood the real sense of altruism, they will intervene even in rural regions, places which most of their confreres detest (preferring the big urban centers, especially the capitol). Secondly, the strengthening of language courses (French as well as English) and the introduction of training in computers will give future doctors the modern tools of work and of communication.

The recovery of our country calls for the generosity of its sons and daughters of all sectors of national activity. The distribution of health professions across the national territory that now shows a deficiency never equaled must be balanced for the good of all our populations. We all know to what extent the health of the Congolese people has been affected following the successive wars that our country has known. It is time that sick people be properly cared for. Only a new type of person in the health sector will successfully take on this struggle in the face of giant challenges. Our faith in God who accompanies us day and night in this enterprise allows us to have confidence in the future. May you also have confidence in us.